Home Health Aide- PAH

Job description

Company: Providence at Home with Compassus Candidates must be willing to see patients in the following areas: Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Santa Clarita, New Hall, Saugus, Canyon County, Chatsworth, Northridge, North Hills and Granada Hills. Position Summary: The Home Health Aide is a trained paraprofessional who performs basic nursing or therapy functions, such as personal care, prescribed therapeutic exercises and household services essential to providing health care at home following a specific written plan of care. The Registered Nurse Clinical Case Manager supervises the Home Health Aide and the Home Health Aide plan of care in the home. If there is not an RN on the case, then a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist supervises the HHA and the POC for that case. Position Specific Responsibilities: - • Provides competent personal care as outlined on the Home Health Aide Plan of Care established by the patient, family caregiver and case manager. - Recognizes that the plan of care identifies the tasks the HHA is allowed to perform and that any additional patient needs require development of a new plan of care by the case manager. - Provides care...